Australian government cancels military satellite program
Posted: Sat, Nov 9 9:51 AM ET (1451 GMT)
The Australian government has canceled a multibillion-dollar military satellite contract with Lockheed Martin. The Australian Department of Defence said Monday it was canceling the...

EU moves forward with satellite broadband constellation
Posted: Sun, Nov 3 10:02 AM ET (1502 GMT)
The European Commission has approved a long-delayed plan to develop a satellite broadband constellation. The commission announced Thursday it accepted a best-and-final...

Russia launches military satellite
Posted: Sun, Nov 3 9:59 AM ET (1459 GMT)
Russia launched a military satellite Thursday. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 3:51 am EDT (0751 GMT) and...

Lockheed Martin completes acquisition of Terran Orbital
Posted: Sun, Nov 3 9:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)
Lockheed Martin has completed its acquisition of smallsat manufacturer Terran Orbital. Lockheed said Wednesday it closed the deal, announced in mid-August and valued at...

Shenzhou-19 launched to Tiangong
Posted: Sun, Nov 3 9:56 AM ET (1456 GMT)
A new Chinese crew has arrived at the Tiangong space station. A Long March 2F rocket lifted off at 4:27 pm EDT (2027 GMT)...

NASA identifies root cause of Orion heat shield issue
Posted: Sun, Nov 3 9:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)
NASA says it now understands why the heat shield on the Orion spacecraft eroded more than expected on the Artemis 1 mission, but won't...

Crew-8 astronaut hospitalized after splashdown
Posted: Sat, Oct 26 8:09 AM ET (1209 GMT)
An astronaut on a Crew Dragon spacecraft was hospitalized after the spacecraft returned to Earth Friday to complete a record-setting mission. The Crew Dragon...

SpaceX launches NRO satellites
Posted: Sat, Oct 26 8:06 AM ET (1206 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of satellites Thursday for an NRO constellation. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:13 pm...

Northrop Grumman wins $1.8 billion extension to mission warning satellite contract
Posted: Sat, Oct 26 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
The US Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.8 billion contract extension to begin production of two advanced early-warning satellites. These satellites are...

Millennium Space to build six more MEO missile tracking satellites
Posted: Sat, Oct 26 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
Millennium Space Systems won a $386 million Space Force contract for six missile-warning satellites that will operate in medium Earth orbit (MEO). The contract...